When patients like Wanda are in need of a chair to help lift her from sitting to standing, the Bethesda Home and Community Based Services team works with the Bethesda Health Group Foundation to address that need.
Wanda, a St. Andrews & Bethesda Home Health patient, was visited by physical therapist Wendi Hook to receive her new lift chair. But the chair is among many items purchased for seniors in need over the last year:
- a shampoo wash basin that allows the patient to have her or his hair washed while lying in bed or sitting in a wheelchair
- hand splints
- washable bed pads
- neck pillows
- Ensure/protein drinks and adult briefs (not covered by insurance)
- and more!
The Charless Foundation, the Margaret Grigg Foundation and the Lutheran Foundation all earmark their gifts to the Bethesda Health Group Foundation for these types of purchases—durable medical equipment and medical supplies that insurance will not cover, the client cannot afford, or for which benefits have yet to be approved.
